1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,434 THE TRUE STORY OF THE GERMAN MURDERER WHO DIED DEFENDING 2 00:00:03,437 --> 00:00:07,320 ROBERT E LEE. AND PHILIP HATCHET WITH HIS BOOK 3 00:00:07,322 --> 00:00:08,478 ADVOCATING OVER LORD, THE DJ STRATEGY AND THE ATOMIC BOMB. 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:15,578 WATCH LIVE COVERAGE OF THE NINTH ANNUAL BOOK FESTIVAL IN MARYLAND 5 00:00:15,580 --> 00:00:16,513 SATURDAY AT 10:00 A.M. EASTERN ON C-SPAN 2 BOOK TV. 6 00:00:16,515 --> 00:00:22,034 . PRESIDENT TRUMP HOSTED 7 00:00:22,036 --> 00:00:24,982 CALIFORNIA LOCAL POLITICIANS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WHO 8 00:00:24,984 --> 00:00:28,254 FOUGHT AGAINST THE STATE SO-CALLED SANCTUARY LAW WHICH 9 00:00:28,256 --> 00:00:31,235 AIMED TO PROTECT IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN THE STATE WITHOUT 10 00:00:31,237 --> 00:00:33,326 DOCUMENTATION. DURING THE MEETING, PRESIDENT 11 00:00:33,328 --> 00:00:37,250 TRUMP SAID HE WAS PROUD OF HIS ADMINISTRATION'S PUSH TO DEPORT 12 00:00:37,252 --> 00:00:46,517 IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN THE U.S. ILLEGALLY. 13 00:00:46,519 --> 00:00:50,233 CONSTITUTIONAL STATE LAWS. ALTHOUGH THE FORCES OF RELIEF OF 14 00:00:50,235 --> 00:01:00,251 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CRIMINALS -- PROVIDE SAFE HARBOR TO SOME OF 15 00:01:00,253 --> 00:00:59,172 THE MOST VICIOUS OFFENDERS ON EARTH. 16 00:00:59,174 --> 00:01:01,708 LIKE GANG MEMBERS PUTTING INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN 17 00:01:01,710 --> 00:01:07,947 AT THE MERCY OF THESE SADISTIC CRIMINALS. 18 00:01:07,949 --> 00:01:11,552 BY THE THOUSANDS. MS13 WE'RE GRABBING THEM BY THE 19 00:01:11,554 --> 00:01:16,406 THOUSANDS AND WE'RE GETTING THEM OUT. 20 00:01:16,408 --> 00:01:22,700 WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS. 21 00:01:22,702 --> 00:01:29,400 JEFF, THANK YOU. THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND 22 00:01:29,402 --> 00:01:32,524 SECURITY KIRSTJEN NIELSEN. SECRETARY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 23 00:01:32,526 --> 00:01:34,802 I KNOW YOU FOLKS ARE KEEPING BUSY, RIGHT? 24 00:01:34,804 --> 00:01:37,347 YES. KEEPING BUSY AT THOSE 25 00:01:37,349 --> 00:01:38,091 BORDERS. AND DEPUTY TOM HOMAN WHO IS 26 00:01:38,093 --> 00:01:40,838 GOING TO BE LEAVING US SOON FOR A LIFE OF RETIREMENT. 27 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,458 OH. BUT THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS 28 00:01:44,460 --> 00:01:51,058 RETIREMENT. [ APPLAUSE ] 29 00:01:51,060 --> 00:01:53,558 . WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH, 30 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:58,326 TOM. INCREDIBLE. 31 00:01:58,328 --> 00:02:02,821 I KNOW. ALSO WITH US IS HOUSE 32 00:02:02,823 --> 00:02:06,293 MAJORITY LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY WHO HAS BEEN A SPECIAL FRIEND OF 33 00:02:06,295 --> 00:02:09,515 MINE. HE REPRESENTS CALIFORNIA'S 23RD 34 00:02:09,517 --> 00:02:12,663 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND HE IS VERY, VERY POPULAR. 35 00:02:12,665 --> 00:02:16,401 AND I JUST RECENTLY SAW A POLL OF KEVIN. 36 00:02:16,403 --> 00:02:19,318 I THINK THE OPPOSITION MIGHT AS WELL JUST GO HOME BECAUSE KEVIN, 37 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:21,664 THEY LOVE HIM OUT THERE AND HE'S DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB. 38 00:02:21,666 --> 00:02:25,705 HE'S BROUGHT IT HOME. AND WE APPRECIATE IT, KEVIN. 39 00:02:25,707 --> 00:02:27,031 THANK YOU. A GREAT JOB YOU'VE DONE FOR 40 00:02:27,033 --> 00:02:31,110 THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 41 00:02:31,112 --> 00:02:34,258 UNFORTUNATELY, CONGRESS, AND I'D HAVE TO SAY CONGRESSIONAL 42 00:02:34,260 --> 00:02:36,209 DEMOCRATS, YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT'S GOING ON 43 00:02:36,211 --> 00:02:39,106 WITH THE LAW. WHETHER IT'S CATCH AND RELEASE. 44 00:02:39,108 --> 00:02:43,622 WHETHER IT'S ANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR SO HARD. 45 00:02:43,624 --> 00:02:49,340 NOW WE HAVE STARTED THE WALL. WE'RE SPENDING 1.6 BILLION 46 00:02:49,342 --> 00:02:51,952 BETWEEN FIXING AND STARTING. YOU KNOW MELISSA WHAT'S BEEN 47 00:02:51,954 --> 00:02:53,421 GOING ON. WE'RE GETTING IT UP. 48 00:02:53,423 --> 00:02:56,748 WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS IN CALIFORNIA THAT DON'T TALK ABOUT 49 00:02:56,750 --> 00:02:58,227 IT. BUT THEY WANT THE LAW UP AND 50 00:02:58,229 --> 00:03:00,537 THEY'RE VERY HAPPY. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE 51 00:03:00,539 --> 00:03:04,282 STARTED IN CALIFORNIA. BUT WE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS ON 52 00:03:04,284 --> 00:03:05,772 IT. AND NOW WE'RE GOING FOR THE FULL 53 00:03:05,774 --> 00:03:08,408 FUNDING FOR THE WALL THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THAT AS SOON 54 00:03:08,410 --> 00:03:11,703 AS POSSIBLE. BUT IT'S BECOME A VERY POPULAR 55 00:03:11,705 --> 00:03:14,235 ISSUE. IN JANUARY THE LOS ANGELES 56 00:03:14,237 --> 00:03:17,402 POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FROM MEXICO 57 00:03:17,404 --> 00:03:24,119 FOR DRUG POSSESSION. INSTEAD OF HONORING THE 58 00:03:24,121 --> 00:03:25,603 DETAINER, THEY SET HIM FREE. JUST A FEW WEEKS LATER HE WAS 59 00:03:25,605 --> 00:03:27,242 ARRESTED AGAIN. THIS TIME FOR MURDER. 60 00:03:27,244 --> 00:03:29,595 SO THEY ARRESTED HIM. THEY HAD HIM. 61 00:03:29,597 --> 00:03:31,603 THEY LET HIM GO. TOM, YOU'VE SEEN THIS. 62 00:03:31,605 --> 00:03:34,873 THEY LET HIM GO. AND HE KILLED SOMEBODY. 63 00:03:34,875 --> 00:03:37,661 AND IT'S HAPPENING MORE AND MORE. 64 00:03:37,663 --> 00:03:40,378 AND WE GET THEM OUT AS FAST AS WE CAN. 65 00:03:40,380 --> 00:03:43,270 WE HAVE THE WORST LAWS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD FOR ILLEGAL 66 00:03:43,272 --> 00:03:44,809 IMMIGRATION. THERE'S NO PLACE IN THE WORLD 67 00:03:44,811 --> 00:03:48,039 THAT HAS LAWS LIKE WE DO. CATCH AND RELEASE. 68 00:03:48,041 --> 00:03:51,686 THINK OF IT. WE CATCH SOMEBODY. 69 00:03:51,688 --> 00:03:55,283 WE FIND OUT THEY'RE CRIMINALS. WE END UP HAVING TO RELEASE 70 00:03:55,285 --> 00:03:57,044 THEM. AND THEY GO INTO OUR SOCIETY. 71 00:03:57,046 --> 00:04:00,430 NOW, WE DO THE BEST WE CAN. I TELL YOU, WE DO BETTER THAN 72 00:04:00,432 --> 00:04:03,276 ANYBODY. AND OUR NUMBERS ARE MUCH BETTER 73 00:04:03,278 --> 00:04:06,092 THAN IN THE PAST. BUT THEY'RE NOT NEARLY 74 00:04:06,094 --> 00:04:10,279 ACCEPTABLE AND NOT NEARLY AS GOOD AS WHAT WE COULD HAVE. 75 00:04:10,281 --> 00:04:13,360 WE'RE DOWN 40% FROM THOSE OTHER STANDARDS. 76 00:04:13,362 --> 00:04:16,645 SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD. MEANING 40% CROSSINGS. 77 00:04:16,647 --> 00:04:20,285 SO THAT'S GOOD. BUT WE CAN DO -- WE CAN DO MUCH 78 00:04:20,287 --> 00:04:22,401 BETTER. PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE 79 00:04:22,403 --> 00:04:26,095 IS OUR ECONOMY IS SO STRONG THAT PEOPLE ARE POURING UP TO GET 80 00:04:26,097 --> 00:04:31,254 INTO OUR ECONOMY. THEY WANT A PIECE OF OUR 81 00:04:31,256 --> 00:04:31,206 ECONOMY. AND THAT MAKES THE JOB EVEN 82 00:04:31,208 --> 00:04:33,620 TOUGHER. BUT WE WANT TO KEEP -- WE WANT 83 00:04:33,622 --> 00:04:40,982 PEOPLE BASED ON MERIT. WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME INTO OUR 84 00:04:40,984 --> 00:04:41,865 COUNTRY BASED ON MERIT. WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO KEEP THEM 85 00:04:41,867 --> 00:04:43,102 OUT. WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING THEM IN. 86 00:04:43,104 --> 00:04:45,252 WE NEED THEM. WE HAVE COMPANIES MOVING BACK 87 00:04:45,254 --> 00:04:47,542 INTO THE UNITED STATES LIKE NEVER BEFORE. 88 00:04:47,544 --> 00:04:50,126 CHRYSLER IS OPENING UP NOW IN MICHIGAN. 89 00:04:50,128 --> 00:04:53,777 WE HAVE SO MANY COMPANIES ACTUALLY COMING FROM MEXICO EVEN 90 00:04:53,779 --> 00:04:58,915 AND COMING BACK IN. SO WE WANT PEOPLE COMING IN 91 00:04:58,917 --> 00:05:03,600 BASED ON MERITS. WE ALL REMEMBER THE TRAGIC CASE 92 00:05:03,602 --> 00:05:06,018 OF MARYLAND IN CALIFORNIA WHO HAS MURDERED BY AN ILLEGAL 93 00:05:06,020 --> 00:05:10,275 IMMIGRANT WHO HAD BEEN ARRESTED SIX TIMES PRIOR TO BREAKING 94 00:05:10,277 --> 00:05:16,616 INTRO MARILYN'S HOME, RAPING HER AND BEATING HER TO DEATH WITH A 95 00:05:16,618 --> 00:05:24,298 HAMMER. AND THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE. 96 00:05:24,300 --> 00:05:27,830 BUT THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES. I'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR A LONG 97 00:05:27,832 --> 00:05:28,738 TIME. WE CANNOT LET THIS BUTCHERY 98 00:05:28,740 --> 00:05:31,307 HAPPEN IN AMERICA. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S 99 00:05:31,309 --> 00:05:35,976 ATTEMPTS TO NULLIFY FEDERAL LAW HAVE FORCED A REBELLION BY 100 00:05:35,978 --> 00:05:38,559 PATRIOTIC CITIZENS WHO WANT THEIR FAMILIES PROTECTED AND 101 00:05:38,561 --> 00:05:43,796 THEIR BORDERS SECURED. THEY WANT BORDER SECURITY. 102 00:05:43,798 --> 00:05:51,062 THEY WANT PROTECTION. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT. 103 00:05:51,064 --> 00:05:50,220 WE'RE ABOUT PROTECTION. BOTH FROM INTERNATIONAL AND 104 00:05:50,222 --> 00:05:51,767 FRANKLY FROM PEOPLE CROSSING A BORDER FREQUENTLY. 105 00:05:51,769 --> 00:05:56,084 I WILL NOW GO AROUND THE ROOM AND ASK THESE INCREDIBLE MAYORS 106 00:05:56,086 --> 00:06:02,214 AND OFFICIALS TO DESCRIBE THEIR BRAVE STANCE ON BEHALF OF THEIR 107 00:06:02,216 --> 00:06:04,539 CONSTITUEN CONSTITUENTS. 108 00:06:04,541 --> 00:06:05,896 THEY'RE VERY POPULAR. VERY WELL-RESPECTED. 109 00:06:05,898 --> 00:06:09,158 THESE ARE THE TOP PEOPLE. AND THEY ARE PEOPLE THAT OTHER 110 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:14,343 PEOPLE LISTEN TO. AND THEY LISTEN TO THEM FROM 111 00:06:14,345 --> 00:06:17,182 AROUND THE COUNTRY. SO I'LL BEGIN BY ASKING 112 00:06:17,184 --> 00:06:19,488 CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY WOMAN MELISSA MENENDEZ. 113 00:06:19,490 --> 00:06:22,188 YOU HAVE BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. 114 00:06:22,190 --> 00:06:25,643 MAYBE YOU COULD SAY A FEW WORDS AND WE'LL GO RIGHT AROUND THE 115 00:06:25,645 --> 00:06:26,563 ROOM. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 116 00:06:26,565 --> 00:06:29,658 I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE 117 00:06:29,660 --> 00:06:34,614 HERE, THANK YOU FOR INVITING US. THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE IN 118 00:06:34,616 --> 00:06:38,524 CALIFORNIA, I THINK, THAN YOU KNOW WHO REPORT WHAT THEY'RE 119 00:06:38,526 --> 00:06:39,545 DOING. WHO BELIEVE IN YOUR AGENDA 120 00:06:39,547 --> 00:06:43,733 DURING THE BORDER. EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN FROM SAN 121 00:06:43,735 --> 00:06:45,609 FRANCISCO TO LOS ANGELES. THERE'S PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE 122 00:06:45,611 --> 00:08:11,738 OUR BORDERS SECURE. [ INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS ] [ 123 00:08:11,740 --> 00:10:43,956 INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS ] . 124 00:10:43,958 --> 00:10:49,629 WE BROUGHT $2 BILLION IN INVESTMENT TO OUR CITY AND WE 125 00:10:49,631 --> 00:10:52,666 OPTED FOR SAN DIEGO IN THE ECONOMIC PROBLEM. 126 00:10:52,668 --> 00:11:06,145 I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT IT WHEN I GO BACK TO CALIFORNIA. 127 00:11:06,148 --> 00:11:08,648 WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THE GRASS ROOT THAT YOU SEE TODAY, 128 00:11:08,650 --> 00:11:10,950 WE ARE WITH YOU. WE NEED TO BUILD THAT WALL. 129 00:11:10,952 --> 00:11:21,127 WE NEED TO END THE SWARANCTUARY CITY. 130 00:11:21,129 --> 00:11:25,864 10,000 ILLEGAL CRIMINALS HAVE BEEN RELEASED UNDER THE 131 00:11:25,867 --> 00:11:27,033 SANCTUARY STATE. IT REALLY GOT BAD AND NOW 132 00:11:27,035 --> 00:11:32,439 IT'S REVERSING. IT'S A BIG CHANGE. 133 00:11:32,441 --> 00:11:33,672 PEOPLE DON'T WANT SANCTUARY CITIES. 134 00:11:33,674 --> 00:11:35,908 THEY'RE DANGEROUS. PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT ANYMORE. 135 00:11:35,911 --> 00:11:41,715 PEOPLE SUPPORT US. 65% OF THE HISPANIC SUPPORT IT. 136 00:11:41,717 --> 00:11:44,817 THE LIBERAL. THE DEMOCRAT. 137 00:11:44,820 --> 00:11:46,752 95% IS WITH US. I TELL YOU, I HAD A LOT MORE 138 00:11:46,755 --> 00:11:49,255 SUPPORT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAN PEOPLE 139 00:11:49,257 --> 00:11:51,791 UNDERSTAND. CHECK THE VOTING RECORDS, FOLKS. 140 00:11:51,793 --> 00:11:55,961 I'M CRYSTAL FROM THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. 141 00:11:55,963 --> 00:11:57,630 CAN I SPEAK FRANKLY? YES. 142 00:11:57,632 --> 00:12:01,468 I'M SITTING HERE IN THIS ROOM IN AWE OF GOD'S POWER. 143 00:12:01,470 --> 00:12:05,270 HOW HE CAN TAKE SOMEONE WHO WAS HOMELESS IN A TENT, MAKE THEM A 144 00:12:05,273 --> 00:12:09,142 MAYOR OF A CITY AND BRING THEM BEFORE THE PRESIDENT OF THE 145 00:12:09,144 --> 00:12:11,677 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHO WANTS TO HEAR THE CRIES OF OUR 146 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,580 PEOPLE, AND THAT'S WHAT IS GOING ON. 147 00:12:14,583 --> 00:12:20,719 OUR PEOPLE ARE THE ONES HURTING. SACRAMENTO IS ANGRY BECAUSE THEY 148 00:12:20,721 --> 00:12:23,122 LOST AN ELECTION. FOR GODS SAKE, GET OVER IT. 149 00:12:23,125 --> 00:12:27,693 THEY'RE ANGRY, AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT, NOW THEY'RE MORE ANGRY. 150 00:12:27,695 --> 00:12:31,263 THEY'RE RELEASING THESE CRIMINALS NOT BY THEIR HOUSES. 151 00:12:31,265 --> 00:12:32,799 THEY'RE RELEASING THEM BY OUR HOUSES. 152 00:12:32,801 --> 00:12:35,033 OUR CHILDREN IS AT RISK. MY COMMUNITY IS OUR FAMILY. 153 00:12:35,036 --> 00:12:37,103 YOU'RE PUTTING MY FAMILY AT RISK. 154 00:12:37,105 --> 00:12:40,340 EVERY DAY WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE REPORTS FROM THE POLICE 155 00:12:40,342 --> 00:12:45,278 DEPARTMENT ABOUT HOW THEY CAN'T ARREST THESE PEOPLE. 156 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:47,146 THEY ARREST THEM AND EVERYTHING IS A MISDEMEANOR BECAUSE IT'S 157 00:12:47,148 --> 00:12:50,750 NOT ME OR JERRY BROWN'S HOUSE. IT'S NOT NEAR THE ELECTED 158 00:12:50,752 --> 00:12:52,051 OFFICIALS HOUSE. IT'S IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 159 00:12:52,053 --> 00:12:56,322 AND WE'RE TIRED OF IT. WE NEED HELP, MR. PRESIDENT. 160 00:12:56,324 --> 00:13:02,228 WE NEED HELP IN PROTECTING THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO. 161 00:13:02,230 --> 00:13:04,062 THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. ALL OF US NEED HELP GETTING THIS 162 00:13:04,065 --> 00:13:05,632 SOLVED. I WAS JUST AT A CHURCH THE OTHER 163 00:13:05,634 --> 00:13:06,900 DAY. I WAS AT MY CHURCH AND I WENT 164 00:13:06,902 --> 00:13:09,169 OVER TO ANOTHER ONE. A HISPANIC CHURCH. 165 00:13:09,171 --> 00:13:11,971 AND ALL THE PEOPLE FROM THE HISPANIC CHURCH WERE OUT THERE. 166 00:13:11,973 --> 00:13:16,109 AND THEY ALL CAME UP TO ME. DO YOU SEND MR. -- TELL 167 00:13:16,111 --> 00:13:19,945 MR. TRUMP THAT WE HAVE A MESSAGE FOR HIM. 168 00:13:19,947 --> 00:13:24,049 WE WANT HELP. YOU SEE, EVERY ONE OF US CAME 169 00:13:24,052 --> 00:13:26,786 FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. WE ALL CAME FROM DIFFERENT 170 00:13:26,788 --> 00:13:28,388 COUNTRIES. MY HUSBAND IS FROM MEXICO. 171 00:13:28,390 --> 00:13:34,960 MY FAMILY CAME WAY BACK FROM BEFORE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND 172 00:13:34,963 --> 00:13:36,361 EVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS COUNTRY EVER SINCE. 173 00:13:36,364 --> 00:13:39,833 FIGHTING FOR THE CONSTITUTION AL RIGHTS OF OUR COUNTRY. 174 00:13:39,835 --> 00:13:41,166 I'M NOT GOING TO STOP FIGHTING FOR THOSE RIGHTS. 175 00:13:41,169 --> 00:13:41,934 I'M SORRY. LOOK. 176 00:13:41,937 --> 00:13:45,171 IT'S COMING BACK AND IT'S COMING BACK FAST. 177 00:13:45,173 --> 00:13:47,239 FASTER THAN EVEN THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM UNDERSTAND. 178 00:13:47,242 --> 00:13:48,507 KEVIN UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S HAPPENING. 179 00:13:48,510 --> 00:13:49,942 YOU SEE IT MAYBE BETTER THAN ANYBODY. 180 00:13:49,945 --> 00:13:52,544 BUT IT'S COMING BACK. PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF THIS 181 00:13:52,546 --> 00:13:54,947 NONSENSE AND IT'S HAPPENING. SO DON'T GIVE UP THE FIGHT. 182 00:13:54,950 --> 00:13:57,182 DON'T GIVE UP THE FIGHT. YOU ARE OUR LEADER. 183 00:13:57,184 --> 00:14:00,719 THANK YOU. AND THANK GOD FOR YOU. 184 00:14:00,721 --> 00:14:02,655 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YOURS IS AN AMAZING STORY. 185 00:14:02,657 --> 00:14:03,455 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 186 00:14:03,458 --> 00:14:07,159 VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. 187 00:14:07,161 --> 00:14:16,421 MR. PRESIDENT, I'M THE ELECTED SHERIFF OF EL DHE WIL E 188 00:14:16,423 --> 00:14:18,770 COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. WE JUST WANT TO DO OUR JOBS. 189 00:14:18,773 --> 00:14:21,206 WE WANT TO DO WHAT THE PEOPLE ELECTED TO US DO. 190 00:14:21,208 --> 00:14:23,643 THAT IS RESPECT OUR CONSTITUTION. 191 00:14:23,645 --> 00:14:33,052 AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE. WHEN THIS BILL WAS BEING HEARD 192 00:14:33,054 --> 00:14:35,554 IN LEGISLATURE AND GOING THROUGH, WE HAVE IN CALIFORNIA 193 00:14:35,557 --> 00:14:40,593 WHERE WE MEET WITH THE LEGISLATURE. 194 00:14:40,595 --> 00:14:42,328 IT FELL THROUGH. AND WHAT LITERALLY DISGUSTED ME 195 00:14:42,330 --> 00:14:48,468 WAS A COMMON TERM THAT WE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE DISCUSSION OF 196 00:14:48,470 --> 00:14:56,541 SP54 FROM DIFFERENT LEJGISLATOR IS WE KNOW WHAT THE BILL IS BUT 197 00:14:56,544 --> 00:14:58,111 IT'S GREAT POLITICS. THAT'S WRONG. 198 00:14:58,113 --> 00:15:01,648 BECAUSE THIS BILL JEOPARDIZES PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR 199 00:15:01,650 --> 00:15:02,948 COMMUNITIES. WE'RE NOT IMMIGRATION OFFICERS. 200 00:15:02,950 --> 00:15:05,051 WE NEVER HAVE BEEN. AND WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE. 201 00:15:05,053 --> 00:15:09,455 WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO COOPERATE WITH OUR FEDERAL 202 00:15:09,457 --> 00:15:15,193 PARTNERS SO THAT THESE FOLKS THAT END UP IN OUR CUSTODY AND 203 00:15:15,195 --> 00:15:17,263 NEED TO BE DEPORTED GET DEPORTED. 204 00:15:17,265 --> 00:15:19,932 I TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S NOT BAD POLITICS ANYMORE IF YOU LOOK AT 205 00:15:19,934 --> 00:15:24,002 WHAT IS GOING ON. BECAUSE I THINK MORE THAN ANY 206 00:15:24,005 --> 00:15:29,142 PLACE RIGHT NOW , THERE'S A REVOLUTION GOING ON IN 207 00:15:29,144 --> 00:15:30,043 CALIFORNIA. THEY WANT SAFETY. 208 00:15:30,045 --> 00:15:31,978 THEY HAD THE MAYOR OF OAKLAND WHERE I READ THAT YOU HAD A 209 00:15:31,980 --> 00:15:33,713 THOUSAND PEOPLE. TOM, YOU KNOW THIS BECAUSE IT 210 00:15:33,715 --> 00:15:35,580 WAS YOUR DEAL. A THOUSAND PEOPLE TOGETHER. 211 00:15:35,583 --> 00:15:41,620 MANY OF THESE WERE ILLEGALS. THEY WERE CRIMINALS. 212 00:15:41,622 --> 00:15:45,190 SHE INFORMED THEM AND THEY ALL FLED OR MOST OF THEM FLED. 213 00:15:45,192 --> 00:15:49,796 AND THAT WHOLE OPERATION THAT TOOK A LONG TIME TO PUT 214 00:15:49,798 --> 00:15:52,164 TOGETHER, YOU TALK ABOUT OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. 215 00:15:52,166 --> 00:16:02,775 I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU LOOK INTO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE FOR 216 00:16:02,777 --> 00:16:06,044 THE MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO. YOU WORKED ON THAT LONG AND 217 00:16:06,046 --> 00:16:07,947 HARD. AND YOU GOT THERE AND THERE WERE 218 00:16:07,949 --> 00:16:14,286 VERY FEW PEOPLE THERE. TO ME, THAT'S OBSTRUCTION OF 219 00:16:14,289 --> 00:16:15,421 JUSTICE. AND PERHAPS THE DEPARTMENT OF 220 00:16:15,423 --> 00:16:20,059 JUSTICE CAN LOOK INTO THAT WITH RESPECT TO THE MAYOR. 221 00:16:20,061 --> 00:16:21,026 BECAUSE IT'S A BIG DEAL OUT THERE. 222 00:16:21,028 --> 00:16:22,427 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY ANGRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. 223 00:16:22,429 --> 00:16:25,731 THERE'S A LOT OF HARD WORK AND A LOT OF DANGER INVOLVED. 224 00:16:25,734 --> 00:16:30,369 AND THAT WAS A TERRIBLE THING. YES, MA'AM. 225 00:16:30,372 --> 00:16:36,275 MR. PRESIDENT, I'M TASHA JOHNSON FROM THE CITY OF LAKE 226 00:16:36,277 --> 00:16:40,278 ELSINORE. AS THE MAYOR I TOOK A POSITION 227 00:16:40,281 --> 00:16:44,484 AND ADOPTED A RESOLUTION. IT WAS BASED ON OUR 228 00:16:44,486 --> 00:16:51,781 CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO SERVE. I THINK EVERYONE THAT WAS 229 00:16:51,783 --> 00:16:53,281 SELECTED KNOWS THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE 230 00:16:53,283 --> 00:16:56,312 PRIORITY. BUT WE CAN'T SAY WE ARE PUBLIC 231 00:16:56,315 --> 00:16:59,048 SAFETY DRIVEN AND ALSO TURN A BLIND EYE TO WHAT IS HAPPENING. 232 00:16:59,050 --> 00:17:05,171 IT WAS COURAGE AND MAYBE A LITTLE RISK. 233 00:17:05,172 --> 00:17:07,005 WE WERE NOT RISK OUT AS ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES TO TAKE A 234 00:17:07,007 --> 00:17:08,541 POSITION. I THINK I'M MORE PROUD OF THE 235 00:17:08,542 --> 00:17:13,145 FACT THAT WE WERE JUST LISTENING TO WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTED, 236 00:17:13,147 --> 00:17:17,989 AND THEY DON'T WANT IT. THEY CLEARLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE 237 00:17:17,990 --> 00:17:21,512 AN OVERREACH OF THEIR RIGHTS. AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY THIS 238 00:17:21,514 --> 00:17:28,752 STANDS FOR. SO AS FAR AS THE CITY OF LAKE 239 00:17:28,754 --> 00:17:36,068 ELSINORE, I THINK SP54 IS A VERY -- IS A GREAT REPRESENTATION. 240 00:17:36,070 --> 00:17:40,172 AND I THINK MAYBE ESPECIALLY SACRAMENTO ABOUT THE SILENT 241 00:17:40,174 --> 00:17:44,142 APPROACH RIGHT BEFORE NINE LE9/ SOME OF THE THINGS WE CAN LOOK 242 00:17:44,144 --> 00:17:48,181 BACK IN HISTORY AND SEE. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A COALITION 243 00:17:48,182 --> 00:17:51,951 OR A REVOLUTION. I'M COMPLETELY IMPRESSED WITH 244 00:17:51,953 --> 00:17:54,987 THE ROOM AND WHAT WE STAND FOR. THIS ISN'T A FIGHT. 245 00:17:54,989 --> 00:18:02,562 THIS IS A BATTLE. THIS IS A WAR. 246 00:18:02,563 --> 00:18:07,032 AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. 247 00:18:07,034 --> 00:18:08,968 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 248 00:18:08,969 --> 00:18:15,140 SECRETARY NIELSEN. JUST -- MOSTLY JUST SAY THANK 249 00:18:15,142 --> 00:18:30,755 YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, SIR. AND WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE 250 00:18:30,757 --> 00:18:28,180 HISTORY AND CELEBRATE LAW ENFORCEMENT. 251 00:18:28,182 --> 00:18:29,762 EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS AN ENFORCER OF THE LAW AND I THANK 252 00:18:29,764 --> 00:18:35,527 YOU FOR THAT. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR 253 00:18:35,529 --> 00:18:39,131 LEADERSHIP. I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. 254 00:18:39,133 --> 00:18:41,600 AND THE DIRECTOR WILL GIVE SOME MORE DETAILS ON THE DANGERS OF 255 00:18:41,602 --> 00:18:46,271 THESE CITIES WHICH YOU ARE LIVING AS YOU ARE OFFICERS. 256 00:18:46,273 --> 00:18:49,741 BUT I JUST WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU AND JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR 257 00:18:49,743 --> 00:18:52,545 PARTNERSHIP AND FOR STANDING UP FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES. 258 00:18:52,546 --> 00:18:56,182 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 259 00:18:56,183 --> 00:18:57,150 . YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB AND 260 00:18:57,151 --> 00:18:58,484 IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH 261 00:18:58,485 --> 00:18:59,818 RIGHT NOW WITH FAMILIES. IT'S VERY TOUGH. 262 00:18:59,820 --> 00:19:02,287 BUT THOSE ARE THE BAD LAWS THAT THE DEMOCRATS GAVE US. 263 00:19:02,289 --> 00:19:05,323 WE HAVE TO BREAK UP FAMILIES. THE DEMOCRATS GAVE US THAT LAW. 264 00:19:05,325 --> 00:19:10,062 A HORRIBLE THING. WE HAVE TO BREAK UP FAMILIES. 265 00:19:10,063 --> 00:19:13,733 THE DEMOCRATS GAVE US THAT LAW AND THEY DON'T WANT TO DO 266 00:19:13,734 --> 00:19:15,600 ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY 267 00:19:15,602 --> 00:19:16,968 CHANGES. AND NOW YOU'RE BREAKING UP 268 00:19:16,970 --> 00:19:18,604 FAMILIES BECAUSE OF THE DEMOCRATS. 269 00:19:18,605 --> 00:19:19,437 IT'S TERRIBLE. YEAH. 270 00:19:19,439 --> 00:19:24,477 HOW ARE YOU DOING THERE, PRESIDENT TRUMP. 271 00:19:24,479 --> 00:19:25,610 I'M TROY EDGAR. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. 272 00:19:25,612 --> 00:19:29,447 YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR INVITING US ALSO 273 00:19:29,449 --> 00:19:34,319 TO THE RESIDENCE EARLIER TODAY. IT'S A PREVIOUS THING AND BEING 274 00:19:34,321 --> 00:19:37,623 ABLE TO BE ON THE CITY COUNCIL OF A SMALL CITY, IT'S PEOPLE 275 00:19:37,625 --> 00:19:40,625 LIKE YOU THAT ARE ACTUALLY BRINGING THE PEOPLE BACK TO THE 276 00:19:40,627 --> 00:19:42,194 PEOPLE'S HOUSE. YOUR HOUSE. 277 00:19:42,196 --> 00:19:49,682 OUR HOUSE. YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH I ALSO 278 00:19:49,684 --> 00:19:50,407 WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO SECRETARY NIELSEN. 279 00:19:50,409 --> 00:19:59,727 THERE'S A GENTLEMAN IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO IS THE OFFICER. 280 00:19:59,729 --> 00:19:58,135 WE CAME OUT. WE WERE THE FIRST CITY. 281 00:19:58,137 --> 00:20:17,702 HE CALLED RIGHT AWAY. I CAME OUT -- THINGS LIKE POE 282 00:20:17,704 --> 00:20:25,320 POTENTIALLY PUTTING SOME OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAY THE BASE IN 283 00:20:25,322 --> 00:20:28,761 OUR MILITARY TOWN OR OFFSET THE COST. 284 00:20:28,763 --> 00:20:33,447 WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING. 285 00:20:33,449 --> 00:20:34,406 WE'RE GOING TO PLAN ON INTERCEPTING YOU AT THE APPEALS 286 00:20:34,408 --> 00:20:35,726 COURT. MAYBE WE COULD JOIN IN WITH 287 00:20:35,728 --> 00:20:37,981 YOU, THOUGH. WE COULD PERHAPS JOIN IN WITH 288 00:20:37,983 --> 00:20:41,021 YOU. BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF CASES 289 00:20:41,023 --> 00:20:53,451 LIKE THAT WHERE WE'RE WITH YOU 100% BUT WE'RE NOT IN PAPER. 290 00:20:53,453 --> 00:20:52,514 SO WE'LL JOIN IN WITH YOU. IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, WE WOULD 291 00:20:52,516 --> 00:20:53,722 LIKE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 292 00:20:53,724 --> 00:20:55,332 THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 293 00:20:55,334 --> 00:21:00,610 AND IT'S AN HONOR TO MEET YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE 294 00:21:00,612 --> 00:21:05,733 INVITATION. I SERVED ON THE COUNCIL FOR THE 295 00:21:05,735 --> 00:21:09,764 LAST THREE YEARS. BUT I'VE ALSO SERVED ON THE 296 00:21:09,766 --> 00:21:18,683 COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR THE POWER PLANT. 297 00:21:18,685 --> 00:21:26,232 AND THEY SAID BEFORE WE TESTIFY AT CONGRESS. 298 00:21:26,234 --> 00:21:32,786 [ INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS ] WE KNOW THAT TERRORISTS ARE 299 00:21:32,788 --> 00:21:35,599 COMING IN. WITH RESPECT TO THE POWER PLANT, 300 00:21:35,601 --> 00:21:38,987 THAT IS NUMBER ONE THAT HAS THE WORST SAFETY RECORD IN THE 301 00:21:38,989 --> 00:21:41,734 NATION. AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I 302 00:21:41,736 --> 00:21:43,984 HAVE -- [ INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS ] 303 00:21:43,986 --> 00:21:46,495 COMING IN ALONGSIDE. EXACTLY. 304 00:21:46,497 --> 00:21:53,292 YOU CAN'T GET INTO THAT POWER PLANT WITH REALLY DRIVING IN. 305 00:21:53,294 --> 00:21:55,650 SO I ASKED THEM DURING ONE OF THE MEETINGS, HAVE YOU PUT A NO 306 00:21:55,652 --> 00:21:55,643 FLY ZONE WITH RESPECT TO THE POWER PLANT. 307 00:21:55,645 --> 00:21:59,546 SO I SAID WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THOSE AIRPLANES FLEW IN IN A 308 00:21:59,548 --> 00:22:00,432 KNOW FLY ZONE. HE SAID NO. 309 00:22:00,434 --> 00:22:06,305 AND THAT WAS ON THE RECORD. SO I JUST THINK THAT IT'S A 310 00:22:06,307 --> 00:22:19,113 THING THAT CAN HAPPEN ON AN ACTIVE EARTHQUAKE FALLS IN A 311 00:22:19,114 --> 00:22:27,726 TSUNAMI STORM WHERE THERE IS STORING AND IMPROPERLY STORED 312 00:22:27,728 --> 00:22:29,875 AND THERE'S NO SECURITY. WE'LL CHECK IT OUT. 313 00:22:29,877 --> 00:22:30,990 OKAY. IT DOESN'T SOUND TOO GOOD. 314 00:22:30,992 --> 00:22:33,732 [ LAUGHING ] IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT 315 00:22:33,734 --> 00:22:34,020 SHOULD. WE'LL CHECK IT OUT. 316 00:22:34,022 --> 00:22:35,415 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, MARGARET. 317 00:22:35,417 --> 00:22:41,391 THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SHERIFFS IN CALIFORNIA ARE IN A 318 00:22:41,393 --> 00:22:47,268 HORRIBLE POSITION WHEN IT COMES TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT. 319 00:22:47,270 --> 00:22:47,806 WE HAVE STATE LAW. WE HAVE FEDERAL LAWS. 320 00:22:47,807 --> 00:22:48,967 AND HERE WE ARE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE. 321 00:22:48,969 --> 00:22:53,863 ESPECIALLY BECAUSE MOST OF US RUN OUR COMMUNITY JAILS. 322 00:22:53,865 --> 00:22:57,851 WHEN THERE BECAME A LEGAL CHALLENGE FOR THE 48 HOUR HOLD 323 00:22:57,853 --> 00:23:00,943 FOR ICE, IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING FOR US. 324 00:23:00,945 --> 00:23:04,795 SO WHAT I DID WAS INVITED ICE TO PUT THEIR OFFICERS IN MY JAIL SO 325 00:23:04,797 --> 00:23:08,641 THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THEIR WORK. WE DIDN'T HAVE THE STAFFING TO 326 00:23:08,643 --> 00:23:12,023 BE ABLE TO HELP FIGURE OUT WHO THEY WANTED TO TALK TO. 327 00:23:12,025 --> 00:23:15,880 I SAID COME ON IN. WORK WITH OUR PEOPLE TO KEEP OUR 328 00:23:15,882 --> 00:23:19,543 COMMUNITIES SAFE. TWO WEEKS LATER, MR. PRESIDENT, 329 00:23:19,545 --> 00:23:21,795 SOMEONE WAS MURDERED. NOW, I WASN'T ONLY THE SHERIFF 330 00:23:21,797 --> 00:23:25,430 TO DO THAT. THE SHERIFF DID. 331 00:23:25,432 --> 00:23:26,687 SHERIFF CHRISTIANSEN. IT WAS PERFECT. 332 00:23:26,689 --> 00:23:30,465 BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE OUR TIME WITH OUR STAFF TO DO 333 00:23:30,467 --> 00:23:31,599 ANYTHING. ICE WAS IN THERE DOING THEIR 334 00:23:31,601 --> 00:23:35,658 WORK IN A SAFE, CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT. 335 00:23:35,660 --> 00:23:37,012 AND THEN THE INITIATIVE STARTED HAPPENING. 336 00:23:37,014 --> 00:23:40,432 THE TRUST ACT. THE TRUTH ACT. 337 00:23:40,434 --> 00:23:43,730 AND FINALLY THE VALUES ACT. AND THAT WAS CAUSING US ALL 338 00:23:43,732 --> 00:23:46,892 KINDS OF TURMOIL. SO HERE WE ARE STUCK IN THE 339 00:23:46,894 --> 00:23:49,263 MIDDLE TRYING TO DECIDE WE HAVE FEDERAL LAW. 340 00:23:49,265 --> 00:23:52,880 WE HAVE STATE LAW. AND THAT'S WHY I WELCOMED 341 00:23:52,882 --> 00:23:55,042 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS LAWSUIT. 342 00:23:55,044 --> 00:23:58,349 BECAUSE THAT WILL PROVIDE US CLARITY THAT WE NEED. 343 00:23:58,351 --> 00:24:02,577 WHAT DO WE DO? BECAUSE HERE WE ARE. 344 00:24:02,579 --> 00:24:05,592 AND I APPRECIATE MR. HOLMAN. WE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP. 345 00:24:05,594 --> 00:24:11,705 WE STILL DO. BUT NOW ICE IS THE ONLY LAW 346 00:24:11,707 --> 00:24:13,864 ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THAT CANNOT USE OUR DATABASES TO FIND THE 347 00:24:13,865 --> 00:24:16,429 BAD GUYS. THEY CANNOT COME IN AND TALK TO 348 00:24:16,431 --> 00:24:19,887 PEOPLE IN OUR JAIL, UNLESS THEY REACH A CERTAIN THRESHOLD. 349 00:24:19,889 --> 00:24:22,527 THEY CAN'T DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT OTHER LAW 350 00:24:22,529 --> 00:24:26,941 ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES CAN DO. AND IT'S REALLY PUT US IN A VERY 351 00:24:26,943 --> 00:24:29,244 BAD POSITION. IT'S A DISGRACE. 352 00:24:29,246 --> 00:24:32,266 AND WE'RE CHECKING ON THAT AND WE'RE WORKING HARD. 353 00:24:32,268 --> 00:24:34,871 THEY CAN ALL COME TOGETHER. BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT IT TO COME 354 00:24:34,873 --> 00:24:36,619 TOGETHER. IT'S SO RIDICULOUS. 355 00:24:36,621 --> 00:24:39,088 THE CONCEPT THAT WE'RE EVEN TALKING ABOUT IS RIDICULOUS. 356 00:24:39,090 --> 00:24:43,862 WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT, MARGARET. THANK YOU. 357 00:24:43,864 --> 00:24:47,804 I KNOW ABOUT IF THEY DON'T MEET A CERTAIN THRESHOLD, I CANNOT DO 358 00:24:47,806 --> 00:24:50,155 IT ENOUGH. WE HAVE PEOPLE TRYING TO COME 359 00:24:50,157 --> 00:24:52,487 INTO THE COUNTRY. WE'RE STOPPING A LOT OF THEM. 360 00:24:52,489 --> 00:24:55,625 BUT WE'RE TAKING PEOPLE OUT OF THE COUNTRY. 361 00:24:55,627 --> 00:25:00,479 YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE HOW BAD THESE PEOPLE ARE. 362 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:01,394 THESE AREN'T PEOPLE. THEY'RE ANIMALS. 363 00:25:01,396 --> 00:25:03,407 AND WE'RE TAKING THEM OUT OF THE COUNTRY AT A LEVEL AND RATE 364 00:25:03,409 --> 00:25:10,629 THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. AND BECAUSE EVER TOF THE WEAK L 365 00:25:10,631 --> 00:25:12,121 THEY COME IN FAST. WE GET THEM, WE RELEASE THEM, WE 366 00:25:12,123 --> 00:25:13,804 GET THEM AGAIN. WE BRING P THEM OUT. 367 00:25:13,806 --> 00:25:17,135 IT'S CRAZY. AS I SAID BEFORE, THE DUMBEST 368 00:25:17,137 --> 00:25:19,415 LAWS ON IMMIGRATION IN THE WORLD. 369 00:25:19,416 --> 00:25:21,968 SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT, MARGARET. 370 00:25:21,970 --> 00:25:24,800 WE'LL GET IT DONE. WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT MAN 371 00:25:24,802 --> 00:25:27,684 RIGHT THERE, BECAUSE THAT MAN CAN DO IT. 372 00:25:27,686 --> 00:25:29,723 [ LAUGHING ] RIGHT NOW HE'S THE MOST 373 00:25:29,725 --> 00:25:32,407 IMPORTANT MAN IN THE ROOM. [ LAUGHING ] 374 00:25:32,409 --> 00:25:35,047 KEVIN CAN DO IT. KEVIN. 375 00:25:35,049 --> 00:25:37,920 FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU. 376 00:25:37,922 --> 00:25:42,815 BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY DO NOT REALIZE HOW YOUR 377 00:25:42,817 --> 00:25:45,855 HANDS ARE TIED BEHIND YOUR BACK. THE ONLY THING YOU WANT TO DO IS 378 00:25:45,857 --> 00:25:51,938 TO HAVE SAFE STREETS, SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROTECT YOUR 379 00:25:51,940 --> 00:25:53,128 COMMUNITY. AND FOR CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 380 00:25:53,130 --> 00:25:56,838 TO GO AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION, ONE OF THE GREATEST STRENGTHS OF 381 00:25:56,839 --> 00:25:59,677 THIS NATION WE'RE FORTUNATE TO BE IN THIS ROOM IS THE RULE OF 382 00:25:59,679 --> 00:26:01,330 LAW. THEY'RE BREAKING DOWN SOCIETY BY 383 00:26:01,332 --> 00:26:11,260 BREAKING DOWN THE RULE OF LAW. YOU HAVE A KNOWN CRIMINAL THAT 384 00:26:11,262 --> 00:26:11,428 YOU CAN'T COMMUNICATE WITH. WE KNOW HOW BAD THIS IS. 385 00:26:11,430 --> 00:26:14,285 BUT FROM ONE ASPECT, WE SHOULD BE EXCITED. 386 00:26:14,287 --> 00:26:16,808 BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT THAT UNDERSTANDS THIS PROBLEM. 387 00:26:16,810 --> 00:26:20,954 SINCE HE HAS TAKEN OFFICE, WE HAVE LOWERED THE ILLEGAL 388 00:26:20,956 --> 00:26:26,154 CROSSINGS ACROSS THIS BORDER. THAT STOPS GANG MEMBERS FROM 389 00:26:26,156 --> 00:26:27,505 COMING ACROSS. HE HAS STARTED BUILDING THE 390 00:26:27,507 --> 00:26:31,790 WALL. 1.6 BILLION. 391 00:26:31,792 --> 00:26:32,475 DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT WALL IS STARTING TO BE BUILT? 392 00:26:32,477 --> 00:26:38,077 IN CALIFORNIA. HE HAS PUSHED A NUMBER OF BILLS 393 00:26:38,078 --> 00:26:45,850 THROUGH. ONE TO TRY TO STOP SANCTUARY 394 00:26:45,852 --> 00:26:49,588 CITIES TO STOP THOSE THAT UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION. 395 00:26:49,589 --> 00:26:53,014 DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS INTERESTING. I SAW HIM SIGN ONE SIMILAR 396 00:26:53,016 --> 00:26:55,770 JUST THE OTHER DAY. BECAUSE HE WATCHED WHAT WAS 397 00:26:55,772 --> 00:27:01,405 HAPPENING AS WELL. SO COLLECTIVELY, IT WAS CITY 398 00:27:01,407 --> 00:27:04,670 COUNCIL'S AND SHERIFFS. CITY COUNCIL NOT YOUR FULL-TIME 399 00:27:04,671 --> 00:27:06,037 JOB BUT YOU LISTEN TO YOUR COMMUNITY. 400 00:27:06,039 --> 00:27:08,874 YOU SAW THE PROBLEM GOING ON. SO THINGS ARE IMPROVING. 401 00:27:08,875 --> 00:27:11,442 THAT'S WHY I'M SO THANKFUL TO THIS PRESIDENT TO CALL US 402 00:27:11,444 --> 00:27:14,646 TOGETHER. BECAUSE COLLECTIVELY WE'LL BE 403 00:27:14,648 --> 00:27:16,248 STRONGER. THE SECRETARY IS DOING AN 404 00:27:16,250 --> 00:27:18,683 AMAZING JOB. I'LL TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF JOBS 405 00:27:18,685 --> 00:27:21,119 WE MEET OR CALL AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE 406 00:27:21,121 --> 00:27:23,989 CAN PROTECT US. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL JUST TALKED 407 00:27:23,990 --> 00:27:28,227 TO ME LAST NIGHT AROUND 10:00. SO THAT FROM PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE 408 00:27:28,229 --> 00:27:30,662 IN THIS TOGETHER, BUT WE'RE IN IT FOR THE CONSTITUTION. 409 00:27:30,664 --> 00:27:33,798 WE'RE IN IT FOR THE SECURITY AND THE SAFETY OF OUR STREETS, AND I 410 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,668 THANK YOU FOR LEADING US. WE WANT TO THANK YOU, KEVIN. 411 00:27:36,670 --> 00:27:40,171 YOU'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB. AND YOU'RE SORT OF GOING AGAINST 412 00:27:40,173 --> 00:27:43,942 THE TIDE. BUT NOW THE TIDE IS WITH US 413 00:27:43,943 --> 00:27:47,178 BECAUSE YOU SEE IT IN THE ROOM. A YEAR AGO, TWO YEARS AGO THIS 414 00:27:47,180 --> 00:27:49,947 WOULD BE UNTHINKABLE TALKING ABOUT THE WAY WE'RE TALKING. 415 00:27:49,949 --> 00:27:51,650 BUT YOU'RE FED UP WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING. 416 00:27:51,651 --> 00:27:54,552 KEVIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE DOING REALLY GREAT. 417 00:27:54,554 --> 00:27:55,453 STACY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 418 00:27:55,455 --> 00:28:00,324 I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN YOUR OFFICE 419 00:28:00,326 --> 00:28:02,795 AND ON THIS ISSUE. I'M DELIGHTED AND PRIVILEGED TO 420 00:28:02,796 --> 00:28:05,431 BE HERE. AND IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO BE 421 00:28:05,432 --> 00:28:10,668 HERE AMONG ALL OF YOU AS WELL. BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL ON THE FRONT 422 00:28:10,670 --> 00:28:14,540 LINES IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITIES FIGHTING THIS FIGHT. 423 00:28:14,541 --> 00:28:16,708 I HAVE -- I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CALIFORNIA. 424 00:28:16,710 --> 00:28:19,110 BEEN AN ATTORNEY THERE FOR 24 YEARS. 425 00:28:19,112 --> 00:28:26,552 GOT MY START IN THE LAW WHEN THREE STRIKES WAS STARTING OUT 426 00:28:26,553 --> 00:28:28,687 IN CALIFORNIA AND DEVELOPED A REAL PASSION FOR PROSECUTION. 427 00:28:28,688 --> 00:28:31,790 I'VE BEEN -- I WAS THE APPOINTED DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND I'VE BEEN 428 00:28:31,791 --> 00:28:34,228 THE ELECTED DISTRICT ATTORNEY NOW FOR FOUR YEARS. 429 00:28:34,230 --> 00:28:40,198 AND IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, I HAVE SEEN CALIFORNIA BECOME A 430 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,936 DISASTER. IT'S BEEN TRAGIC TO WATCH MY 431 00:28:43,937 --> 00:28:50,074 STATE PASS LAWS. BUT BASICALLY HAVE SENT OUR 432 00:28:50,076 --> 00:28:53,578 COMMUNITIES INTO A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE. 433 00:28:53,580 --> 00:28:58,884 IN THE COUNTY, WE'RE A VERY SMALL COMMUNITY. 434 00:28:58,885 --> 00:29:03,454 BUT I'M PLEASED TO SAY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE IN 435 00:29:03,456 --> 00:29:05,357 CALIFORNIA, THEY VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY FOR YOU IN 436 00:29:05,359 --> 00:29:07,159 CALIFORNIA. I BELIEVE WE HAD THE HIGHEST 437 00:29:07,161 --> 00:29:11,430 MARGIN IN ALL OF 58 COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA. 438 00:29:11,432 --> 00:29:16,167 YOU ARE LOVED IN LATHAM COUNTY. AND I BELIEVE THAT TO A CERTAIN 439 00:29:16,169 --> 00:29:19,303 EXTENT WE ARE SORT OF A FORGOTTEN PART OF CALIFORNIA. 440 00:29:19,305 --> 00:29:23,241 WE ARE RURAL CALIFORNIA. AND WE DO NOT STAND FOR THE 441 00:29:23,243 --> 00:29:27,780 POLICIES IN SACRAMENTO. WE HAVE A HORRIBLE PROBLEM IN 442 00:29:27,781 --> 00:29:31,416 OUR PUBLIC LANDS, IN OUR FORESTS. 443 00:29:31,417 --> 00:29:35,286 WE'VE GOT ILLEGALS, MARIJUANA -- EXCUSE ME. 444 00:29:35,288 --> 00:29:41,894 DRUG CARTELS THAT HAVE COME UP TO GROW ON OUR PUBLIC LANDS AND 445 00:29:41,895 --> 00:29:47,465 IN OUR FORESTS. AND THEY ARE KILLING WILDLIFE. 446 00:29:47,467 --> 00:29:52,370 THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. 447 00:29:52,372 --> 00:29:54,338 WE WORK WITH DEPARTMENT OF WILD LIFE WHO FILE CHARGES AND 448 00:29:54,340 --> 00:29:56,508 DO THE BEST THEY CAN. BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO 449 00:29:56,510 --> 00:29:58,609 OUR FOREST. THEY'RE ENDANGERING OUR 450 00:29:58,611 --> 00:29:59,478 CITIZENS. THEY ARE ARMED. 451 00:29:59,479 --> 00:30:02,748 THEY'RE SETTING UP CAMPS AND THEY'RE GROWING MASS AMOUNTS OF 452 00:30:02,750 --> 00:30:07,119 MARIJUANA ON OUR PUBLIC LAND. THEY ARE KILLING WILDLIFE. 453 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:11,390 THEY'RE DIVERTING STREAMS. THE DAMAGE THAT THEY'RE CAUSING 454 00:30:11,391 --> 00:30:16,694 BOTH TO THE ECONOMY AND TO OUR PUBLIC LAND IS GOING TO BE 455 00:30:16,696 --> 00:30:19,932 GENERATIONAL. A LARGE PORTION OF THESE PEOPLE 456 00:30:19,933 --> 00:30:24,670 THAT ARE COMING IN TO DO THIS ARE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. 457 00:30:24,671 --> 00:30:28,339 BECAUSE OF THE LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA IN CALIFORNIA, NOW 458 00:30:28,341 --> 00:30:30,708 WE'RE SEEING THOSE SAME INDIVIDUALS WORKING WITH OTHER 459 00:30:30,710 --> 00:30:34,245 GROUPS. THE ASIAN GROUPS, THE RUSSIAN 460 00:30:34,247 --> 00:30:36,647 GROUPS, THE MOTORCYCLE GROUPS. ALL KINDS OF ORGANIZED CRIME. 461 00:30:36,649 --> 00:30:39,484 IT'S BRINGING INTO RURAL CALIFORNIA -- 462 00:30:39,485 --> 00:30:41,286 THE LEGALIZATION MADE IT WORSE. 463 00:30:41,287 --> 00:30:43,287 THE LEGALIZATION MADE IT WORSE, YES. 464 00:30:43,289 --> 00:30:45,323 I BELIEVE THE LEGALIZATION MADE IT WORSE. 465 00:30:45,325 --> 00:30:49,061 I'VE BEEN APPALLED AS A DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SOMEONE WHO IS SWORN 466 00:30:49,062 --> 00:30:53,232 TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE THAT WE 467 00:30:53,234 --> 00:30:57,369 HAVE FALLEN SO FAR IN CALIFORNIA. 468 00:30:57,370 --> 00:31:02,708 WE ALSO HAVE OTHER ISSUES. WE ARE PROSECUTING AN ILLEGAL 469 00:31:02,709 --> 00:31:05,644 IMMIGRANT RIGHT NOW WHO HAS BEEN DEPORTED SEVERAL TIMES AND HAS 470 00:31:05,645 --> 00:31:12,583 HAD A VIOLENT CRIMINAL HISTORY WHO HIT AND KILLED A 16-YEAR-OLD 471 00:31:12,585 --> 00:31:14,786 KID. A BOY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND FLED 472 00:31:14,787 --> 00:31:17,188 THE SCENE. HIS CASE IS PENDING RIGHT NOW. 473 00:31:17,190 --> 00:31:20,926 AFTER I DROPPED THE SUIT, I WAS PROBABLY SERVED WITH A GAG ORDER 474 00:31:20,927 --> 00:31:23,795 TO PREVENT ME FROM TALKING ABOUT THE CASE. 475 00:31:23,796 --> 00:31:27,298 IT'S BEEN VERY FRUSTRATING. ALSO I HAVE RECEIVED 476 00:31:27,300 --> 00:31:29,767 CORRESPONDENCE. AND I KNOW THAT EVERY DA'S 477 00:31:29,769 --> 00:31:33,639 OFFICE IN CALIFORNIA HAS RECEIVED CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE 478 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:38,010 ACLU AND THEIR AFFILIATE ORGANIZATIONS PURSUANT TO THE 479 00:31:38,011 --> 00:31:41,446 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT IN THE PUBLIC CALIFORNIA 480 00:31:41,447 --> 00:31:44,383 INFORMATION ACT WANTING TO KNOW WHAT POLICIES WE WANT TO KNOW -- 481 00:31:44,385 --> 00:31:47,885 WE WANT TO SEE WHAT POLICIES YOUR OFFICE IS IMPLEMENTING. 482 00:31:47,887 --> 00:31:52,557 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH SB54. 483 00:31:52,558 --> 00:31:55,693 WELL, THE RESPONSE FROM MY OFFICE WAS VERY SIMPLE. 484 00:31:55,695 --> 00:31:58,630 WE HAVE NOTHING. BECAUSE THIS OFFICE WILL STAND 485 00:31:58,631 --> 00:32:03,334 FOR THE RULE OF LAW. LASSEN COUNTY STANDS FOR THE 486 00:32:03,336 --> 00:32:07,371 RULE OF LAW. AND WE HAVE NO POLICIES TO GIVE 487 00:32:07,373 --> 00:32:10,342 YOU, BECAUSE WE WILL NOT ISSUE SUCH POLICIES FROM THIS OFFICE. 488 00:32:10,343 --> 00:32:13,211 WE STAND WITH YOU. WE ARE DELIGHTED WITH THE 489 00:32:13,213 --> 00:32:18,616 ACTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN, MR. SESSIONS. 490 00:32:18,618 --> 00:32:21,286 THE PEOPLE OF LASSEN COUNTY STAND WITH YOU. 491 00:32:21,287 --> 00:32:22,821 I STAND WITH YOU. THANK YOU. 492 00:32:22,822 --> 00:32:24,689 AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING. 493 00:32:24,691 --> 00:32:27,725 YES. THANK YOU. 494 00:32:27,727 --> 00:32:30,428 YOU'RE WELCOME. BEAUTIFULLY SAID. 495 00:32:30,430 --> 00:32:31,595 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TOM. 496 00:32:31,597 --> 00:32:33,531 . FIRST OF ALL, MR. PRESIDENT, 497 00:32:33,533 --> 00:32:37,168 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS MEETING TODAY. 498 00:32:37,170 --> 00:32:41,239 THIS ROUNDTABLE. WE APPRECIATE THIS LEADERSHIP. 499 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:44,509 THE SECRETARY, I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND HOW WE SUPPORT 500 00:32:44,510 --> 00:32:47,645 THE LAWS AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR LAW 501 00:32:47,647 --> 00:32:50,848 ENFORCEMENT. I HEAR A LOT OF THINGS SAID 502 00:32:50,850 --> 00:32:58,056 ABOUT SANCTUARY CITIES. I'M NOT AS SMART BY ANY MEANS 503 00:32:58,057 --> 00:33:02,828 BUT SANCTUARY CITIES THEY WANT YOUR FUNDING EVEN THOUGH YOU 504 00:33:02,829 --> 00:33:05,130 VIOLATE LAW. THEY DON'T WANT TO KEEP THEM 505 00:33:05,131 --> 00:33:06,297 OUT. TO ME THAT'S JUST BACKWARDS. 506 00:33:06,299 --> 00:33:12,803 AND I WANT TO -- I JUST WANT TO SAY SEPARATE FACT FROM FICTION, 507 00:33:12,805 --> 00:33:15,107 PLEASE. I HOPE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN 508 00:33:15,109 --> 00:33:20,212 UNDERSTAND THE PART ABOUT SANCTUARY CITIES I APPRECIATE 509 00:33:20,213 --> 00:33:23,881 THE AMERICAN PATRIOTISM IS A GOOD FIGHT. 510 00:33:23,883 --> 00:33:27,251 A RIGHT FIGHT. THE MESSAGING OF SANCTUARY 511 00:33:27,253 --> 00:33:38,864 CITIES AND WHAT THEY DO. I HEAR IT. 512 00:33:38,865 --> 00:33:42,266 AND THEY DON'T. ANYBODY CAN GOOGLE THESE RATES. 513 00:33:42,268 --> 00:33:45,404 OVER HALF IN THE FIRST YEAR IT'S VERY IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN 514 00:33:45,406 --> 00:33:48,406 WHICH THEY LIVE. YOU'RE NOT PROTECTING IMMIGRANT 515 00:33:48,408 --> 00:33:50,375 COMMUNITIES. YOU PUT A GREATER RISK OF CRIME. 516 00:33:50,376 --> 00:33:58,250 AND WHEN YOU ENFORCE IT TYOU CAN TAKE SOMEONE WITH SAFETY AND 517 00:33:58,251 --> 00:33:59,384 SECURE AND FORCE THEM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 518 00:33:59,385 --> 00:34:01,686 YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. YOU ALREADY PUT THE PUBLIC AT 519 00:34:01,687 --> 00:34:03,254 RISK. AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND OTHERS 520 00:34:03,256 --> 00:34:07,459 WORKING ON THE RADAR. SO YOU HAVE A GREATER RISK OF 521 00:34:07,461 --> 00:34:09,694 CRIME. YOU PUT THEM AT A GREATER RISK 522 00:34:09,696 --> 00:34:16,301 AND YOU PUT THE HEROES, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT GREAT 523 00:34:16,302 --> 00:34:17,736 RISK. THIS IS WHAT WE SAID EARLIER. 524 00:34:17,738 --> 00:34:24,643 AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MESSAGING, THE MISMESSAGING FROM 525 00:34:24,645 --> 00:34:27,044 SOME OF THESE GROUPS AND SOME OF THESE POLITICIANS ABOUT WHAT I 526 00:34:27,046 --> 00:34:32,616 SAID. WHEN YOU READ THAT -- YOU KNOW, 527 00:34:32,618 --> 00:34:39,190 SANCTUARY CITIES WERE ALSO -- WE DON'T HAVE THE ICE AGE. 528 00:34:39,192 --> 00:34:42,960 WE'VE NEVER ASKED ANYBODY. WE DON'T WANT ANY LAW 529 00:34:42,962 --> 00:34:47,099 ENFORCEMENT AGENT TO BE AN ICE AGENT. 530 00:34:47,101 --> 00:34:54,906 WE WANT THEM TO KNOW SOMEONE THAT HAS HAD ANOTHER CRIME. 531 00:34:54,907 --> 00:34:58,075 YOU CANNOT DO ICE TO GIVE ACCESS TO THE JAIL. 532 00:34:58,077 --> 00:34:59,710 IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. AND ANOTHER POINT I WANT TO MAKE 533 00:34:59,712 --> 00:35:10,122 IN DEFENSE OF THE SAME MEN AND WOMEN, I'M SICK AND TIRED OF THE 534 00:35:10,124 --> 00:35:18,395 CONSTA CONSTANT VILLIFIKCATION OF THES 535 00:35:18,397 --> 00:35:25,070 MEN AND WOMEN WHO LEAVE THEIR HOME AND DEFEND THE CITIZENS. 536 00:35:25,072 --> 00:35:28,439 WHEN YOU COMPARE WHAT WE DO TO WAR CRIMES. 537 00:35:28,441 --> 00:35:37,181 WE HAVE A CONGRESSMAN WHO SAID "THE ACT OF ICE OFFICERS THAT 538 00:35:37,183 --> 00:35:40,584 TERRORIZE INNOCENT IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, ICE DOES MORE 539 00:35:40,586 --> 00:35:43,955 PROTECTING COMMUNITIES THAN ANY POLITICIAN EVER HAS DONE". 540 00:35:43,957 --> 00:35:46,424 WE ARRESTED SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND CRIMINALS AND REMOVED 541 00:35:46,426 --> 00:35:50,228 THEM FROM THE STREETS. FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO 542 00:35:50,229 --> 00:35:56,867 KEEP VILLE FYING MEN AND WOMEN. THE NEXT TIME YOU THINK ABOUT 543 00:35:56,869 --> 00:36:00,471 THAT, I WANT YOU TO DO WHAT I DID THIS WEEK. 544 00:36:00,473 --> 00:36:04,843 I WANT YOU TO GO TO THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WALL. 545 00:36:04,844 --> 00:36:07,378 I WANT YOU TO READ THE NAMES ON THOSE WALLS. 546 00:36:07,380 --> 00:36:11,649 THERE ARE 400 BORDER AGENTS AND ICE OFFICERS WHOSE HEARTS 547 00:36:11,651 --> 00:36:13,385 STOPPED BEATING DEFENDING THIS NATION. 548 00:36:13,386 --> 00:36:19,791 THIS IS A DISHONOR TO THESE MEN AND WOMEN TO GIVE THE ULTIMATE 549 00:36:19,792 --> 00:36:30,701 SACRIFICE. SO THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU DO IT. 550 00:36:30,703 --> 00:36:35,105 THE HATE THAT I TAKE WON'T STOP UNTIL THE DAY MY HEART STOPS 551 00:36:35,107 --> 00:36:36,774 BEATING. THIS FIGHT DOESN'T END WITH ME. 552 00:36:36,776 --> 00:36:38,909 I'LL STAY ENGAGED AND KEEP FIGHTING FOR YOU. 553 00:36:38,911 --> 00:36:40,044 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. 554 00:36:40,046 --> 00:36:41,679 I'VE WORKED FOR SIX PRESIDENTS. 555 00:36:41,681 --> 00:36:45,717 AND I RESPECT THEM ALL. BUT NO PRESIDENT HAS DONE MORE 556 00:36:45,718 --> 00:36:48,118 THAN YOU FOR BORDER SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. 557 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:51,222 I THINK EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AT THIS TABLE WOULD 558 00:36:51,224 --> 00:36:54,107 AGREE WITH ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 559 00:36:54,109 --> 00:36:56,228 THANKS. THAT'S A GREAT COMPLEMENT. 560 00:36:56,229 --> 00:37:00,517 BECAUSE YOU HAVE INDEED WORKED FOR ALL SIX RESPECTED YOU 561 00:37:00,519 --> 00:37:00,430 GREATLY. NONE MORE THAN ME. 562 00:37:00,432 --> 00:37:02,221 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WISH YOU COULD HAVE SAID 563 00:37:02,223 --> 00:37:13,817 THAT TO THE PRESS. [ LAUGHING ] 564 00:37:13,819 --> 00:37:11,875 YOU HAVE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL FULL HEAD OF HAIR. 565 00:37:11,877 --> 00:37:13,645 I APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S REALLY NICE. 566 00:37:13,646 --> 00:37:16,214 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ELAINE. 567 00:37:16,216 --> 00:37:17,916 GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. PRESIDENT, AND THANK YOU FOR 568 00:37:17,917 --> 00:37:20,618 INVITING US HERE TO SHARE OUR THOUGHTS WITH YOU. 569 00:37:20,620 --> 00:37:26,824 I'M ELAINE JENAWA, MAYOR OF THE CITY IN ORANGE COUNTY, 570 00:37:26,826 --> 00:37:28,025 CALIFORNIA. REALLY APPRECIATE THE 571 00:37:28,027 --> 00:37:31,529 OPPORTUNITY TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE FEELING. 572 00:37:31,531 --> 00:37:34,766 BUT PLEASE LET THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ICE KNOW THEY HAVE OUR 573 00:37:34,768 --> 00:37:39,937 GRATITUDE AND OUR DEEP, DEEP APPRECIATION FOR WHAT THEY DO. 574 00:37:39,939 --> 00:37:45,310 BUT, YOU KNOW, LAGUNA NIGUEL TOOK A STANCE BECAUSE THAT IS 575 00:37:45,312 --> 00:37:49,480 THE GREATEST THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF ALL OF CALIFORNIA 576 00:37:49,482 --> 00:37:52,250 RESIDENTS. ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, ALL OF OUR 577 00:37:52,251 --> 00:37:55,052 COMMUNITIES. AND THAT INCLUDES OUR IMMIGRANT 578 00:37:55,054 --> 00:37:58,489 COMMUNITIES. THE SILOING OR PREVENTING LAW 579 00:37:58,491 --> 00:38:04,496 ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FROM TALKING TO EACH OTHER IS A 580 00:38:04,498 --> 00:38:07,264 THREAT TO OUR AGENTS AND TO THE COMMUNITIES. 581 00:38:07,266 --> 00:38:12,037 AND OUR COUNTRY LEARNED A VERY TRAGIC LESSON ON SEPTEMBER 11TH. 582 00:38:12,039 --> 00:38:15,239 AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES NOT 583 00:38:15,241 --> 00:38:18,009 COMMUNICATE. SO ISN'T IT IRONIC THAT IN AN 584 00:38:18,010 --> 00:38:22,846 AGE OF CALLS FOR INCREASED TRANSPARENCY THAT THE CALIFORNIA 585 00:38:22,848 --> 00:38:25,183 LEGISLATURE WANTS TO PREVENT THAT? 586 00:38:25,185 --> 00:38:29,454 SO WE THINK THAT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE TO LIVE IN A 587 00:38:29,456 --> 00:38:31,522 SAFE COMMUNITY. AND ALSO, MR. PRESIDENT, THERE 588 00:38:31,524 --> 00:38:34,825 IS AN AREA WHERE WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH. 589 00:38:34,827 --> 00:38:40,931 WE WILL SUPPORT YOU ON PREVENTING SB54 AND UPHOLDING 590 00:38:40,933 --> 00:38:44,269 WHAT ICE DOES. BUT IN CALIFORNIA, WE NEED YOUR 591 00:38:44,270 --> 00:38:48,840 HELP WITH SOBER LIVING HOMES. ORANGE COUNTY HAS BECOME KNOWN 592 00:38:48,842 --> 00:38:56,114 AS THE RECAP RIVIERA. SO HR5724 IS JUST BEING 593 00:38:56,115 --> 00:38:57,681 INTRODUCED, AND WE WOULD LIKE HELP WITH THAT. 594 00:38:57,683 --> 00:39:00,751 BECAUSE LOCAL CONTROL IS BEING ATTACKED FROM SACRAMENTO EVERY 595 00:39:00,753 --> 00:39:03,655 SINGLE DAY. AND THAT IS ONE OTHER ISSUE. 596 00:39:03,656 --> 00:39:05,222 OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 597 00:39:05,224 --> 00:39:06,190 THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. 598 00:39:06,192 --> 00:39:08,792 STEVE MILLER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? 599 00:39:08,794 --> 00:39:12,596 JUST WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO BE ABLE TO WORK FOR A PRESIDENT 600 00:39:12,598 --> 00:39:18,737 WHO HAS THE BACKS OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 601 00:39:18,739 --> 00:39:20,205 EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING EVERY DAY IS SAVING SO MANY LIVES ALL 602 00:39:20,207 --> 00:39:25,209 ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AND IT'S AN ENDLESS OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART 603 00:39:25,211 --> 00:39:27,211 OF IT. THANK YOU, SIR. 604 00:39:27,213 --> 00:39:28,345 THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, 605 00:39:28,347 --> 00:39:31,148 MR. PRESIDENT. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. 606 00:39:31,150 --> 00:39:34,885 I'M REPRESENTING THE LARGEST COUNTY HERE TODAY. 607 00:39:34,887 --> 00:39:37,855 SAN DIEGO COUNTY. I HAVE 3.5 MILLION CONSTITUENTS 608 00:39:37,857 --> 00:39:40,524 THAT I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY. 609 00:39:40,526 --> 00:39:46,965 IF YOU LOOK AROUND THIS ROOM, YOUR TINY BUT MIGHTY TEAM, THIS 610 00:39:46,967 --> 00:39:48,466 IS WHAT GOVERNOR BROWN CLASSIFIES AS LOW LIFE 611 00:39:48,468 --> 00:39:49,500 POLITICIANS. WELL, HERE WE ARE. 612 00:39:49,502 --> 00:39:52,604 YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE PROBLEMS. YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE 613 00:39:52,605 --> 00:39:54,072 STATISTICS. AND I COULD HAVE THOUGHT OF A 614 00:39:54,073 --> 00:39:59,778 MILLION THINGS TO SAY TO YOU. I HAVE A STACK OF 3,000 E-MAILS 615 00:39:59,780 --> 00:40:01,678 IN MY OFFICE. THESE ARE THE E-MAILS THAT HAVE 616 00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:02,980 COME IN. THANK YOU. 617 00:40:02,982 --> 00:40:04,114 PEOPLE SUPPORTING WHAT WE'RE DOING. 618 00:40:04,116 --> 00:40:10,554 AND I HAVE A TINY LITTLE STACK OF LESS THAN 50 WHERE PEOPLE ARE 619 00:40:10,556 --> 00:40:12,424 VERY SAD WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING IN SAN DIEGO. 620 00:40:12,426 --> 00:40:17,127 HOW ARE THINGS GOING? IT'S GOING. 621 00:40:17,129 --> 00:40:18,163 THEY WANT IT SO BADLY IN SAN DIEGO. 622 00:40:18,165 --> 00:40:20,965 THEY WANTED IT SO BADLY. AND I SAID IF WE BUILD IT, WE 623 00:40:20,967 --> 00:40:24,569 WILL LOSE A BIG CONSTITUENCY BECAUSE THERE WON'T BE ANYBODY 624 00:40:24,571 --> 00:40:26,437 SAYING WE WANT THE WALL. BUT WE HAD TO BUILD IT. 625 00:40:26,439 --> 00:40:27,938 I KNOW THEY'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT. 626 00:40:27,940 --> 00:40:32,209 I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A STORY. 627 00:40:32,211 --> 00:40:34,645 BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE ISSUE IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND THE FAMILY 628 00:40:34,647 --> 00:40:44,622 REACHED OUT TO ME. AND I BROUGHT WITH ME ONE SINGLE 629 00:40:44,624 --> 00:40:51,762 PHOTO ON THAT PLANE SINCE 3,000 FAXES WERE HARD TO CARRY. 630 00:40:51,764 --> 00:40:58,870 ALEXANDER WAS GUNNED DOWN BY AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WHO HAD 631 00:40:58,872 --> 00:41:01,305 PREVIOUSLY BEEN DEPORTED. NOW, AS THE FAMILY PICKS UP THE 632 00:41:01,307 --> 00:41:06,811 PIECES OF LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN SHATTERED, HIS KILLER LIVES 633 00:41:06,812 --> 00:41:08,947 OPENLY AND FREELY IN A MOW TESTIMONY -- MOTEL. 634 00:41:08,948 --> 00:41:10,882 NOW, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SAN DIEGO 635 00:41:10,884 --> 00:41:15,854 WITH OUR BORDERS, BECAUSE WE'VE CREATED A SITUATION WHERE 636 00:41:15,855 --> 00:41:18,889 GOVERNOR BROWN MAKES SAN DIEGO A GREAT PLACE TO COMMIT A CRIME. 637 00:41:18,891 --> 00:41:23,093 BECAUSE YOU HAVE OPTIONS. YOU CAN EITHER BE ACROSS THE 638 00:41:23,095 --> 00:41:27,731 BORDER IN A MATTER OF MINUTES AND SHIELDED BY MEXICO. 639 00:41:27,733 --> 00:41:34,539 OR YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF SIMPLY STAYING PUT SHIELDED BY THE 640 00:41:34,541 --> 00:41:36,007 GOVERNOR. THERE ARE OPTIONS, BUT THERE ARE 641 00:41:36,009 --> 00:41:38,810 REAL CONSEQUENCES FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING. 642 00:41:38,812 --> 00:41:44,516 AND MY HEART JUST BROKE TALKING TO MR. MASON ABOUT HIS SON. 643 00:41:44,518 --> 00:41:49,120 AND HE DESCRIBES HIS SON DYING LIKE A FILTHY RAT IN A PARKING 644 00:41:49,122 --> 00:41:52,423 LOT. WHILE THIS KILLER GETS TO LIVE 645 00:41:52,425 --> 00:41:58,562 FREELY IN MEXICO. AND BEING ROBBED IS EVER HAVING 646 00:41:58,564 --> 00:42:00,697 THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE GRANDCHILDREN NOW, HE SAID 647 00:42:00,699 --> 00:42:04,903 SOMETHING THAT STUCK WITH ME. HE SAID MY SON WAS A TRUE 648 00:42:04,905 --> 00:42:08,272 PATRIOT. HE WAS A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING. 649 00:42:08,274 --> 00:42:14,077 AN EXEMPLARY LOST BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS AT OUR BORDER. 650 00:42:14,079 --> 00:42:16,146 SO THIS CASE AND SO MANY OTHERS, THESE ARE THE FACES. 651 00:42:16,148 --> 00:42:18,949 THIS IS WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR. AND WE'RE ALL IN. 652 00:42:18,951 --> 00:42:24,455 BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT TO PROTECT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. 653 00:42:24,457 --> 00:42:26,056 AND WE ARE GOING TO SPEAK FREELY ABOUT THIS ISSUE UNTIL WE CAN 654 00:42:26,058 --> 00:42:30,427 LOOK BACK AT OUR OWN CHILDREN AND GUARANTEE THEIR SAFETY IN 655 00:42:30,429 --> 00:42:32,797 OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY. 656 00:42:32,799 --> 00:42:36,601 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND OUT SOURCE DOES NOTHING FOR 657 00:42:36,603 --> 00:42:37,968 US. MEXICO DOES NOT HELP WITH 658 00:42:37,970 --> 00:42:42,272 CASES LIKE THIS. BECAUSE IT WILL TAKE YEARS. 659 00:42:42,274 --> 00:42:46,410 MEXICO DOES NOTHING FOR US. THEY DO NOTHING FOR US. 660 00:42:46,412 --> 00:42:48,746 MEXICO TALKS, BUT THEY DO NOTHING FOR US. 661 00:42:48,748 --> 00:42:55,853 ESPECIALLY AT THE BORDER. CERTAINLY DON'T HELP AS MUCH ON 662 00:42:55,854 --> 00:42:59,356 TRADES. BUT ESPECIALLY AT THE BORDERS, 663 00:42:59,358 --> 00:43:01,291 THEY DO NOTHING FOR US. JEFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 664 00:43:01,293 --> 00:43:03,528 PRESIDENT, IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU. 665 00:43:03,530 --> 00:43:06,164 IT'S MADE CLEAR TO ALL OF US THAT WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. 666 00:43:06,166 --> 00:43:08,333 WE ARE GOING TO DO BETTER. OUR DEPARTMENT. 667 00:43:08,334 --> 00:43:10,334 WE'RE REVIEWING EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING. 668 00:43:10,336 --> 00:43:14,004 WE'RE BEGINNING TO PROBABLY HAVE TWICE AS MANY PROSECUTIONS. 669 00:43:14,006 --> 00:43:18,476 I HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF JUDGES DO THINGS THAT WE CAN TO MOVE 670 00:43:18,478 --> 00:43:20,877 THIS AGENDA FORWARD. BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU IN MY 671 00:43:20,879 --> 00:43:25,616 OPINION HAVING BEEN HERE AND A LOT OF BATTLES OVER THIS ISSUE, 672 00:43:25,618 --> 00:43:29,020 THIS YEAR, KEVIN, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT COULD BE 673 00:43:29,021 --> 00:43:33,558 THE YEAR. THIS IS THE YEAR THAT WE HAVE TO 674 00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:36,260 MOVE CONGRESS. I'VE ALWAYS SAID CONGRESS WILL 675 00:43:36,261 --> 00:43:38,329 PASS ANYTHING AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T WORK. 676 00:43:38,331 --> 00:43:45,069 YOU COME UP WITH A BILL, IT WILL ACTUALLY IMPROVE OUR SHARES AND 677 00:43:45,071 --> 00:43:49,340 OUR OPTIONS TO DO THEIR JOB. TO DEPORT PEOPLE WHO HAVE 678 00:43:49,342 --> 00:43:56,313 ENTERED ILLEGALLY. THEN THEY OBJECT AND WE SEEM TO 679 00:43:56,315 --> 00:43:57,447 COME UP SHORT. THIS TIME LET'S DON'T COME UP 680 00:43:57,449 --> 00:43:58,249 SHORT. WE HAVE A LEADER. 681 00:43:58,250 --> 00:44:01,785 HE CAN ARTICULATE THIS MESSAGE EFFECTIVELY. 682 00:44:01,787 --> 00:44:06,124 AND IF WE ALL GET BEHIND OUR LEADER, WE'LL GET SOMETHING DONE 683 00:44:06,125 --> 00:44:12,896 THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. 684 00:44:12,898 --> 00:44:13,998 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HI, MR. PRESIDENT. 685 00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:15,532 DEPUTY WITH ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. 686 00:44:15,534 --> 00:44:18,770 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FIGHTING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. 687 00:44:18,771 --> 00:44:24,274 IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED. FOR US THE BIGGEST CHEW OF SB54 688 00:44:24,276 --> 00:44:27,678 IS NOT THE BEING ABLE TO INVESTIGATE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT 689 00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:29,414 OFFICERS. SINCE 9/11, WE HAVE DONE A GREAT 690 00:44:29,416 --> 00:44:31,982 JOB OF OPENING UP THE COMMUNICATION AT THE LOCAL, 691 00:44:31,984 --> 00:44:35,787 STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL AND ADDRESSING OUR SHARED THREAT. 692 00:44:35,789 --> 00:44:42,260 AND IN COMMUNICATING WITH ICE, WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE 693 00:44:42,261 --> 00:44:44,895 THREAT OF GETTING CRIMINAL OFFENDERS OFF OUR STREET. 694 00:44:44,897 --> 00:44:49,500 WE HAD A PROGRAM IN ORANGE COUNTY, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO 695 00:44:49,501 --> 00:44:51,903 SCREEN ALL OUR INMATES. AND SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE 696 00:44:51,905 --> 00:44:55,373 WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WERE PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T EVEN YET ON 697 00:44:55,375 --> 00:44:57,475 ICE'S RADAR BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST NEW TO THE COUNTRY. 698 00:44:57,477 --> 00:45:02,547 AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO PUT THEM ON OUR ICE'S RADAR AND GET THEM 699 00:45:02,549 --> 00:45:07,218 OUT OF HERE. BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2016, A 700 00:45:07,219 --> 00:45:11,388 21-YEAR-OLD THAT WAS IN JAIL ON CHILD MOLESTATION CHARGES. 701 00:45:11,390 --> 00:45:16,227 WE SCREENED THAT PERSON AND WE WERE ABLE TO ALERT ICE, AND NOW 702 00:45:16,229 --> 00:45:19,563 THAT PERSON IS SERVING TIME AND WILL BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY. 703 00:45:19,565 --> 00:45:24,501 BUT THAT GOES AWAY WITH SB54. AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO TALK. 704 00:45:24,503 --> 00:45:32,777 AND THAT IS NOT A GOOD THING. WE NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE SHARED 705 00:45:32,779 --> 00:45:35,645 THREATS. SO WE WILL REAP THESE BAD 706 00:45:35,647 --> 00:45:38,850 POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN SEWN. SO LAWSUITS AND WHAT YOUR 707 00:45:38,852 --> 00:45:40,384 ADMINISTRATION IS DOING IS A HUGE HELP. 708 00:45:40,385 --> 00:45:41,552 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 709 00:45:41,553 --> 00:45:47,858 I APPRECIATE IT. HI. 710 00:45:47,860 --> 00:45:54,599 WE HAVE THE LONGEST CUL-DE-SAC OF NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER. 711 00:45:54,601 --> 00:46:01,172 WHEN WE JOINED THE BRIEF, IT WAS WE RECOGNIZED THAT MYSELF AND MY 712 00:46:01,174 --> 00:46:06,611 COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH THE FEDERAL LAW OVER IMMIGRATION. 713 00:46:06,613 --> 00:46:09,045 NOT THE SAME. BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN 714 00:46:09,047 --> 00:46:12,717 LISTENING AROUND THIS TABLE, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER 715 00:46:12,718 --> 00:46:15,987 COMMUNITIES, I HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING PERSONAL FROM THE ICE 716 00:46:15,989 --> 00:46:21,592 OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION YET BUT I KNOW IT'S COMING. 717 00:46:21,593 --> 00:46:22,593 BECAUSE WE CAN'T ENFORCE ANYTHING. 718 00:46:22,594 --> 00:46:25,428 CRIME RATE IS UP IN CALIFORNIA. AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO 719 00:46:25,430 --> 00:46:30,667 RISE AS LONG AS THESE POLICIES ARE BLANKETED ACROSS CALIFORNIA. 720 00:46:30,669 --> 00:46:33,571 AND THEY DON'T -- THEY'RE NOT TALKING THROUGH THE SMALL 721 00:46:33,572 --> 00:46:35,239 COMMUNITIES. WE TALK TO OUR CITIZENS EVERY 722 00:46:35,240 --> 00:46:36,374 DAY. THEY'RE AFRAID. 723 00:46:36,375 --> 00:46:39,409 WE HAVE A CRIME RATE IN THE NATION IS WAY DOWN. 724 00:46:39,411 --> 00:46:43,748 BUT IN CALIFORNIA IT'S UP. BECAUSE OF THE RIDICULOUS LAWS. 725 00:46:43,750 --> 00:46:46,650 YES. AND I JUST APPRECIATE, 726 00:46:46,652 --> 00:46:50,655 MR. PRESIDENT, FOR YOU HERE LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS. 727 00:46:50,656 --> 00:46:53,558 LISTENING TO US. IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US. 728 00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:57,294 AND I THINK WE'RE READY TO MAKE THE FIGHT TO CALIFORNIA TO SAY 729 00:46:57,296 --> 00:47:00,096 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WE'RE DONE. 730 00:47:00,098 --> 00:47:06,270 THE BLANKETED POLICIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA AREN'T WORKING. 731 00:47:06,271 --> 00:47:08,673 SO WE NEED HELP. I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE MAKING THIS 732 00:47:08,675 --> 00:47:13,010 FIGHT KNOWN. WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE IN YOUR 733 00:47:13,011 --> 00:47:16,346 STAFF AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION HELPING AND PUSHING THROUGH TO 734 00:47:16,348 --> 00:47:18,014 MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE SAFE. 735 00:47:18,016 --> 00:47:19,050 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. 736 00:47:19,052 --> 00:47:24,121 I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. 737 00:47:24,123 --> 00:47:33,563 MR. PRESIDENT, WE WERE FIRST AND WE WERE BOLDEST. 738 00:47:33,565 --> 00:47:34,877 [ LAUGHING ]. [ APPLAUSE ] 739 00:47:34,879 --> 00:47:41,674 WE'VE DONE SOMETHING THAT NO OTHER CITY HAS DONE. 740 00:47:41,676 --> 00:47:48,143 WE'VE ACTUALLY PASSED AN ORDINANCE AND EXPOSED OUR CITY 741 00:47:48,145 --> 00:47:51,536 TO THE LAWSUIT AS THE MAYOR SAID. 742 00:47:51,538 --> 00:47:56,438 AND IN THE EXPERIENCE, THERE'S A SILENT MAJORITY OF PATRIOTS OUT 743 00:47:56,440 --> 00:47:53,825 THERE THAT THEY WANT THIS. THEY WANT US TO DO WHAT WE'RE 744 00:47:53,827 --> 00:47:56,354 DOING. AND ANYONE WITH COMMON SENSE 745 00:47:56,355 --> 00:47:58,555 KNOWS THIS CALIFORNIA VALUE'S ACT WAS PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT 746 00:47:58,557 --> 00:48:02,959 THOSE THAT ARE HERE BREAKING THE LAW. 747 00:48:02,961 --> 00:48:06,364 AND AS MUCH AS I GOT FROM THIS WHOLE SEERNS IS THE CITIZENS OF 748 00:48:06,365 --> 00:48:12,002 OUR STATE AND OUR CITY FEEL LIKE WE HAVE LESS RIGHTS THAN THE 749 00:48:12,004 --> 00:48:17,073 ENTITLED ILLEGAL ALIENS. AND IT'S WHAT MAKES ME REALLY 750 00:48:17,075 --> 00:48:18,943 UNHAPPY. THEY FEEL THEY'RE ENTITLED TO 751 00:48:18,945 --> 00:48:20,543 SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T EVEN GET. 752 00:48:20,545 --> 00:48:26,816 SO, PLEASE, SIR, WE NEED YOUR HELP. 753 00:48:26,818 --> 00:48:30,288 WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP. YOU GAVE US GREAT LEADERSHIP 754 00:48:30,290 --> 00:48:31,155 TOO, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. 755 00:48:31,156 --> 00:48:32,790 YOU DID A GREAT JOB. BUT THE POLITICIANS IN THE 756 00:48:32,791 --> 00:48:41,698 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THEY HAVE COMMANDEERED THE POLICE FORCE. 757 00:48:41,700 --> 00:48:44,501 AND I THINK BEING THE LOW LIFE THAT WE ARE, WE'RE CLOSEST TO 758 00:48:44,503 --> 00:48:46,336 THE PEOPLE. WE KNOW WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. 759 00:48:46,338 --> 00:48:52,476 AND WE'VE GONE FORWARD WITH THAT BOLDLY. 760 00:48:52,478 --> 00:48:54,979 I'VE ASKED OTHER CITIES TO STEP UP AND DO -- AT LEAST CONSIDER 761 00:48:54,980 --> 00:48:57,814 THE MATTER AND LISTEN TO THE CONSTITUENTS. 762 00:48:57,816 --> 00:48:59,183 THANK YOU, SIR, FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU, SIR. 763 00:48:59,185 --> 00:49:00,417 GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. 764 00:49:00,419 --> 00:49:44,127 . . IN NINE COUNTIES [INAUDIBLE] 765 00:49:44,129 --> 00:49:48,599 AND MORE THAN 35 CITIES AS OF NOW. 766 00:49:48,601 --> 00:49:59,310 THIS IS INTERESTING, BECAUSE [INAUDIBLE] 767 00:49:59,312 --> 00:50:16,427 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I WAS CALLED [INAUDIBLE] 768 00:50:16,428 --> 00:50:27,470 IM VERY, VERY EXCITED ORANGE COUNTY FINALLY JOINED. 769 00:50:27,472 --> 00:50:31,441 SO TO JOIN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WE WILL WORK TOGETHER 770 00:50:31,443 --> 00:50:49,993 IN ORANGE COUNTY. I GOT ALL THESE E-MAILS AND 57% 771 00:50:49,995 --> 00:50:59,236 ARE AGAINST US, SO FOUR OF THEM ARE SANCTUARY STATES AND 41% 772 00:50:59,238 --> 00:51:02,840 AGAINST. WHATEVER WEEKEND, WE'VE GOT ALL 773 00:51:02,842 --> 00:51:09,712 THOSE STATES. YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. 774 00:51:09,714 --> 00:51:12,916 APPRECIATE IT. FANTASTIC JOB. 775 00:51:12,918 --> 00:51:17,121 MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND FOR BEING A 776 00:51:17,123 --> 00:51:20,458 DEFENDER AND FOR YOUR OVERWHELMING SUPPORT OF PUBLIC 777 00:51:20,459 --> 00:51:23,561 SAFETY AND STANDING WITH THOSE THAT PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE 778 00:51:23,562 --> 00:51:26,964 EVERY DAY. THE GREAT PART ABOUT BEING LAST, 779 00:51:26,966 --> 00:51:33,180 THERE'S NOT MUCH ELSE TO SAY. [LAUGHTER] 780 00:51:33,182 --> 00:51:35,693 OUT OF RESPECT OF YOUR TIME, I WILL ONLY ADD ONE POINT, AND I 781 00:51:35,695 --> 00:51:40,647 KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE RECTOR 782 00:51:40,649 --> 00:51:45,315 AND ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS AND THAT IS THE ISSUE FOR THE 783 00:51:45,317 --> 00:51:48,052 SHERIFFS. THE FEDERAL COURT SAID HONORING 784 00:51:48,053 --> 00:51:52,188 THE DETAINEES IN THE AMENDMENT PUTS US IN A VERY PRECARIOUS 785 00:51:52,190 --> 00:51:54,758 POSITION FROM THE POINT OF LIABILITY STANDPOINT. 786 00:51:54,760 --> 00:52:00,430 AND WE REALLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO OUR JOBS WITHOUT ALL OF THE 787 00:52:00,432 --> 00:52:05,069 INTERFERENCE GOING ON, AND CERTAINLY TO REAFFIRM THE 788 00:52:05,071 --> 00:52:12,275 COMMENTS WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH I.C.E.. 789 00:52:12,277 --> 00:52:15,412 WE HAVE AN UNBELIEVABLE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 790 00:52:15,414 --> 00:52:17,647 LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANYBODY INTERFERING 791 00:52:17,649 --> 00:52:24,455 WITH THE ABILITY, OR ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM AT THE TABLE TODAY 792 00:52:24,457 --> 00:52:30,927 FROM DEFENDING PEOPLE AGAINST THOSE. 793 00:52:30,929 --> 00:52:33,730 THERE SHOULD BE NO INTERFERENCE IN OUR ABILITY TO PROTECT THE 794 00:52:33,732 --> 00:52:38,168 COMMUNITIES AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY. 795 00:52:38,170 --> 00:52:43,740 I AM PRIVILEGED TO LIVE IN CENTRAL VALLEY WHERE AGRICULTURE 796 00:52:43,742 --> 00:52:48,279 IS THE NUMBER ONE ECONOMIC INDUSTRY, MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR 797 00:52:48,281 --> 00:52:53,917 INDUSTRY WE SEE IN THE WORLD. I.C.E. IS NOT A SWEEPING THROUGH 798 00:52:53,919 --> 00:52:57,587 THOSE COMMUNITIES. WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE PEOPLE. 799 00:52:57,589 --> 00:53:00,624 NOT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING AND SEEKING A BETTER LIFE IN 800 00:53:00,625 --> 00:53:03,993 AMERICA SENDING THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL THERE OUT THERE EVERY DAY 801 00:53:03,995 --> 00:53:10,900 IN AGRICULTURE, WHETHER THAT IS POULTRY, DAIRY, YOU NAME IT. 802 00:53:10,902 --> 00:53:15,172 THAT I ISN'T WHAT WE ARE DOING. WE ARE FOCUSED ON THOSE 803 00:53:15,174 --> 00:53:19,310 INDIVIDUALS THAT WEAKEN THE INDIVIDUAL AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE 804 00:53:19,312 --> 00:53:23,214 TO DO THAT WITHOUT INTERFERENCE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. 805 00:53:23,216 --> 00:53:26,816 I'D WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE. 806 00:53:26,818 --> 00:53:33,823 VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE, AND WE WILL BRING IT BACK AND WE WILL NOT 807 00:53:33,825 --> 00:53:45,269 FAIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 808 00:53:45,270 --> 00:54:19,636 [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] 809 00:54:19,638 --> 00:55:39,216 CONGRESSMAN TIM RYAN, DEMOCRAT FROM OHIO, TALKS ABOUT THE 810 00:55:39,218 --> 00:55:40,917 CHANCES IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS.